Loom-picker



(No Model.)

J W. BARLOW.

LO0M PIGKER.

N0.,339,836. Patented Apr. 13, 1886.-

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UNITED STATES JOHN WILLIAM BARLO\V, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

LOOM-PICKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,536, dated April13, 1886.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W ILLIAH BAR- Low, of Lawrence, in the countyof Essex, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Loom Pickers; and I do hereby declare the same tobe described in the following specificatioinaud represented in theaccompanying drawings,ot' which- Figure 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 anend elevation, of a picker provided with my in vention, the nature ofwhich is defined in the claims hereinafter presented. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the staple-formed re-enforce hereinafter explained.

The picker shown in the said drawings is represented as having its bodycomposed of two sheets, A and B, of rawhide, bent and arranged withrespect to each other as represented in Fig. 2.

In carrying out my invention I have within the said body, and extendingdown from its rod-passage a, a metallic re-enforce, O, stapleformed intransverse section, as shown, it reaching from end to end of the saidpassage, and aiding in forming it. The top of such re-enforce is curvedtransversely to the arc of the circle of transverse section of the saidpassage. Into the reent'orce there extends the upper part of theinternal sheet, A,ot' rawhide, such sheet also extending above andembracing the re-enforce on its two opposite sides in manner asrepresented, the whole being covered by the outer sheet, B. Rivets D gotransversely through the rawhide body and the metallic re-enforce O. There-enforce not only strengthens the body and supports the said rivets toadvantage to prevent them from workingloose, but covers the upper end ofthe inner rawhide layer, so as to prevent it from being worn or brokendown while the picker may be in use on its supporting-rod.

The re enforce enables the passage a to be made cylindrical in form,andnot only aids in preserving the passagein its normal condition while thepicker may be at work, but is advantageous in other respects.

Within the rawhide core or plug E in the lower part of the body I inserta metallic reenforce, b, in the shape of a helix or volute, itconsisting of a plate of sheet metal laid upon a sheet of rawhide, andwith it bent around in a helix so as to form the core. This con1- poundcore of rawhide and metal will last very much longer than a core ofrawhide only. The rivet 0, going through the core, is firmly supportedby it. The volute re-ent'orce operates to prevent the core fromspreading laterally under the blows of it on the nose of the shuttlewhen the picker is in use.

The body of the picker, with the exception of the core, is composedot'two sheets or strips, A and B, of rawhide, one end of the inner onebeing introduced into and covered by the re-enforce C. At its other endthe piece A is scarfed, as shown at e, and lapped on acorrespondingly-scarred end of the piece B, such piece 13 being scarfedat each end, the scarfing of the outer end of it being shown at 9. Fromthe re-enforce O the piece A extends downward straight for a properdistance, thence around the core or plug E, thence upward against itselfand the ment'orce, thence around to form with the said re enforce therod-passage a, thence downward against the re-ent'orce, and is lapped onthe upper scart'ed end of the piece B, arranged as represented. Thepiece B is carried around and against the piece A, and is securedthereto and to the re-enforce by rivets going transversely through thepicker.

I sometimes make each re-enforce of other proper material than metal,though metal in most cases is preferable.

I do not claim a loom-picker constructed as shown in the United StatesPatent No. 156,459, and having a wedge-shaped piece of rawhide or othermaterial inserted in it next and under its rod-passage. Nor do I claimsuch wedgeshaped piece of rawhide as arranged against such passage andbetween the folds of the strip in which such passage is formed. Nor do Iclaim a rawhide picker made as shown in either of the United StatesPatents Nos. 177,641, 205,261, 207,739, asneither of such pickers havein them any re-enforce made and arranged as hereinbefore described. Inother words, I do not claim a rawhide picker having its head-plugcomposed of a piece of rawhide wound in a helix or scroll and providedwith a fillet or extension in one piece with the rest of the plug andsecured by rivets going through it and the body of the picker, as shownin said Patent No. 177,641. Nor do I claim a staple formed of a piece ofrawhide arranged within the body and forming with the middle layer ofrawhide the rod-passage, and clasping such middle layer at its upperpart, all being as shown in the said Patent No. 205,261. Nondo I claim apicker made of two rawhide sheets arranged flatwise one upon the other,and folded at their middles to form the eye or rod-passage, and the neckextending therefrom, all being, as shown in the said Patent No. 207,739.Nor do I claim in a picker its rawhide plug composed ot'a strip ofrawhide wound in a helix and encompassed by a sheet of metal extendingaround it but not Within it, such being as represented in the UnitedStates Patent N 0. 135,253;

I claim 1. A loompicker made of two layers of rawhide and havingastaple-formed re-enforce, substantially as described, in one piece ofmaterial arranged to extend within it from its rod-passage downward andembrace and cover the upper end portion of the inner of the two layersof rawhide comprising the body ofsuch picker, and extend between it andthe said rod-passage, all being essentially as represented.

2. A loom-picker having its bodyvcomposed of twolayers or sheets ofrawhide,'und within such body and next its rod-passage astaple- .formedre-enforce, substantially as described,

in one piece of material extending down from the said passage andembracing the inner gether in a helix or volnte, and a re-enforce stapleformed substantially as described and extending down from therod-passage and embracing the inner layer or sheet of such body at oneend portion thereof, the said body,

re-enforce, and core being connected hyrivets going through themlaterally, as represented;

JOHN \VILLIAM BARLOW.

VVitnesSeS:

THOMAS BEVINGTON, WILLIAM H. CORNNELL.

4o sheet of rawhide and one of metal rolled to-

